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Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
1994; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 95-175-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 717; Swine; Hog marketing groups
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Successful Hog Marketing Groups (1994), J Mintert, R Tynon, Michael D. Tokach, Michael R. Langemeier, Ted C. Schroeder
Successful Hog Marketing Groups (1994), J Mintert, R Tynon, Michael D. Tokach, Michael R. Langemeier, Ted C. Schroeder
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
Ten hog marketing groups located in Kansas and Iowa were surveyed during 1993 to determine the success, operation, and management of hog marketing groups. Results offer insights into the structure and organization of cooperative hog marketing efforts. Several guidelines for organizing successful hog marketing groups are proposed. Producers interested in forming a marketing group should consider having a written agreement, hiring a marketing group coordinator, and marketing hogs on a carcass merit basis.; Swine Day, Manhattan, KS, November 17, 1994
Advantages And Disadvantages Of Hog Marketing Groups (1994), J Mintert, R Tynon, Michael D. Tokach, Michael R. Langemeier, Ted C. Schroeder
Advantages And Disadvantages Of Hog Marketing Groups (1994), J Mintert, R Tynon, Michael D. Tokach, Michael R. Langemeier, Ted C. Schroeder
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
Ten hog marketing groups located in Kansas and Iowa were surveyed during 1993 to determine the success, operation, and management of hog marketing groups. Marketing group leaders were asked to identify principal advantages and disadvantages of marketing hogs in groups. Survey responses indicated that marketing hogs in groups led to producers receiving higher sale prices for their hogs and helped reduce their marketing costs. Commonly cited disadvantages of group marketing, included a loss in marketing flexibility, difficulties in coordinating loads among group members, and concerns about increased susceptibility to diseases from other herds.; Swine Day, Manhattan, KS, November 17, 1994